Jeanne-Étiennette Roqui

(1793–1848)

BIRTH

April 12, 1793

PLACE

Marnoz, France

DEATH

May 21, 1848

PLACE

Arbois, Jura, France

FAMILY

MOTHER

Louis Pasteur

(1822-1895)

HUSBAND

Jean-Joseph Pasteur

(1791–1865)

HOMES

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED

DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Jeanne-Étiennette Roqui was Louis Pasteur’s mother and the wife of tanner Jean-Joseph Pasteur.

EARLY LIFE

A study using the 1831 Arbois census places her birth in Marnoz and records her in the Pasteur household with four children.

CAREER

DEATH

Jeanne-Étiennette died suddenly at Arbois on May 21, 1848. Historical accounts describe an attack of apoplexy, generally interpreted as a stroke; Louis Pasteur arrived after her death and mourned her deeply. The precise modern diagnosis cannot be verified.